NUR 7230 - Program/Project Planning and Management for Evidence-based Practice and Policy Change

Hours: 3

This course provides an overview of the process of planning, managing, and evaluating evidence-based practice change projects/programs to prepare the nursing practice scholar as a leader of change for direct and indirect care practice problems. The need for a change in practice along with the evidence synthesis based on a systematic critical analysis of high-quality evidence provide the foundation for the identified evidence-based practice change project/program. Tools are introduced to assess, manage, and evaluate measures related to the problem. Additional tools are introduced to assess the context of the problem including the organizational system, the leadership, the interprofessional team, and their readiness for change. To plan, manage, and evaluate the project/program, the project life cycle, measures and metrics, action plans with timelines identifying interprofessional team collaboration and responsibilities, as well as budget development, and risk assessment are addressed. Prerequisites: IPE 7000 or IPE 7001 and NUR 7050